Below are the links to the meeting minutes of the American Council of the Blind's Board of Directors for the year 2023.
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On Thursday, June 12, 2025, the Supreme Court put out a unanimous opinion on an education-related case that the disability rights community is now excited about.
The case was brought by a teenage girl with epilepsy and her family from the state of Minnesota. She was fighting to receive as much instruction as her non-disabled peers. The legal question that was brought before the Supreme Court asked what standard of proof was necessary to demonstrate that the student was facing discrimination by the public school in education-related disability lawsuits.
The Supreme Court in its…
ACB is excited to share our inaugural action alert through our new subscription to Speak4. Through this new program, we are making it easy for you all to reach out to Congress to advocate for important legislation and needs of the blind and low vision community. Please follow the link below to reach out to Congress concerning the reconciliation bill that may impact Medicaid services for persons with disabilities. The instructions to participate are fairly straightforward, but please provide any feedback if you experience…
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The American Council of the Blind Announces 2025 Scholarship Recipients
The Department of Energy has put out what is called a Direct Final Rule through the federal register. The rule will go into effect on July 15. However, we do have the opportunity to offer our thoughts and opinions. The process explains that if enough discourse is brought about the new rule, the agency will have to postpone the rule.
The rule will allow entities to make their own decisions when making their buildings 504 compliant. For instance, the rule states that entities should have more flexibility in choosing how to make their buildings accessible for people with disabilities.…